dish antenna
1dish antenna — Dish Dish (d[i^]sh), n. [AS. disc, L. discus dish, disc, quoit, fr. Gr. di skos quoit, fr. dikei^n to throw. Cf. {Dais}, {Desk}, {Disc}, {Discus}.] 1. A vessel, as a platter, a plate, a bowl, used for serving up food at the table. [1913 Webster]… …
2dish antenna — Antenna An*ten na, n.; pl. {Antenn[ae]}. [L. antenna sail yard; NL., a feeler, horn of an insect.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A movable, articulated organ of sensation, attached to the heads of insects and Crustacea. There are two in the former, and usually… …
3dish antenna — n. an antenna consisting of a dish shaped, usually concave parabolic, reflector, used to transmit or receive radio and TV signals, as from orbiting satellites * * * …
4dish antenna — n. an antenna consisting of a dish shaped, usually concave parabolic, reflector, used to transmit or receive radio and TV signals, as from orbiting satellites …
5dish antenna — noun directional antenna consisting of a parabolic reflector for microwave or radio frequency radiation • Syn: ↑dish, ↑dish aerial, ↑saucer • Hypernyms: ↑directional antenna • Hyponyms: ↑scanner …
6dish antenna — /dɪʃ ænˈtɛnə/ (say dish an tenuh) noun an antenna, commonly used in microwave systems, having a dish shaped reflector …
7Offset dish antenna — Main types of parabolic antennas An offset dish antenna is a type of parabolic antenna. It is so called because the antenna feed is offset to the side of the reflector, in contrast to a typical axial fed parabolic antenna where the feed is in… …
8Dish — (d[i^]sh), n. [AS. disc, L. discus dish, disc, quoit, fr. Gr. di skos quoit, fr. dikei^n to throw. Cf. {Dais}, {Desk}, {Disc}, {Discus}.] 1. A vessel, as a platter, a plate, a bowl, used for serving up food at the table. [1913 Webster] She… …
9Dish — or DISH may refer to: Dish, Texas Dish (food), something prepared to be eaten Dishware, plates and bowls for eating Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis, a form of arthritis Entertainment Dish antenna a type of antenna Satellite dish, an… …
10Antenna gain — is defined as the ratio of the radiation intensity of an antenna in a given direction, to the intensity of the same antenna as it radiates in all directions (isotropically). Since the radiation intensity of an isotropically radiated power is… …
